Giants Might Shake Up Roster

Notebook

June 5, 1994

FIRST BASEMAN J.R. Phillips might be only the first of the new faces on the San Francisco Giants if they do not soon end a slide in which they have lost 12 of 17 games and gone from one game ahead of Los Angeles to four games back. ''I'm not going to sit back and idly watch this club, with all this talent, fall six or seven games back,'' General Manager Bob Quinn said. Help is on the way in the form of starters Bill Swift and Bud Black. Swift is expected to come off the disabled list Monday, and Black, who had been out a year after elbow and knee surgery, is throwing well on a rehab assignment and could join the rotation later in the week. However, Quinn continues to talk with agent Eric Goldschmidt about slugging outfielders Ron Gant and Darryl Strawberry.

SOME PHILLIES WANT WILLIAMS BACK

SOME PHILLIES veterans have lobbied to bring back relief pitcher Mitch Williams, who recorded 43 saves last year before giving up the home run to Joe Carter that gave the Toronto Blue Jays the World Series title. However, Philadelphia General Manager Lee Thomas says he has no interest ''at this time'' in Williams, who was waived by the Houston Astros last week.